Master of Public Policy (MPP) In the MPP, you will be taking 3 courses per quarter for two years. In the first two quarters you will take the Core courses, which act as a foundation for the rest of your coursework and career. For a sample schedule and full degree requirement details see the MPP degree program page. Below are the details of the autumn quarter course as they currently stand. We may make modifications to these plans as we get more information about how many students are unable to attend in person and where those students are located – especially after receiving responses to the student location survey that will be sent in July. We will share the final schedule of course sections with students in advance of pre-registration, which will take place September 7-9. You can see the syllabi for these courses from 2020-21 on the Harris courses page. The content of these courses will be largely the same, but the delivery methods will be different. Updated 2021 course syllabi will be posted to the Harris courses page in late summer. The winter quarter modality may differ and will be determined at a later date. Core Course Details: Statistics Sequence You’ll take a two-course sequence in statistics, the first course of which is in the autumn quarter and the second course of which is in the winter. You’ll choose between the standard statistics courses (PPHA 31002 Statistics for Data Analysis I) or the advanced version (PPHA 31202 Advanced Statistics for Data Analysis I) for students with more statistics and calculus experience. Students who have already covered the material for the Advanced Statistics course can petition to waive that course and take an elective in its place. Occasionally a master’s student may also opt to take the PhD econometrics sequence instead, pending seat availability and instructor permission (see PhD program details for information about delivery method for the PhD courses). You can see the syllabi for these courses from 2020-21 on the Harris courses page. The content of these courses will be largely the same, but the delivery methods will be different. Below are the details of the autumn quarter course. The winter quarter modality may differ and will be determined at a later date. PPHA 31002 | Statistics for Data Analysis I Instructor(s): Daniel Moskowitz Eyal Frank Sheng-Hao Lo Delivery Method: This course will use a “flipped classroom” model. Each week, students will be asked to watch and engage with a pre-recorded lecture. All of the faculty on the instructional team will be featured in these lectures, so students can learn from more faculty. These lectures will include a written transcript and will allow students to re-watch material that they are uncertain about as many times as they need. The lectures will also be integrated with exercises that will let students self-assess how well they understand the material and pre-feed questions into the live discussion sections. In addition to the pre-recorded lectures, each student will register for one weekly 80-minute live discussion section. Each discussion section will be taught by one of the instructors. Stats I will have 12 discussion sections in total so that the class size in any section is sufficiently small that there can be substantial interaction and discussion between students and faculty. Ten of the discussion sections will be held in person, but about 1/3 of the sections will be virtual for students who are unable to attend in person due to visa, travel, or health issues. The virtual discussion sections are being scheduled with an eye toward the time zones that students are likely to be in. In-person discussion sections will likely take place between 8:30am and 5pm on one day per week. Students will also have one-hour live TA session each week (PPHA 31004). TA sessions are not mandatory, but will be very useful to prepare students to complete problem sets, so attendance is highly encouraged. Like the discussion sections, we anticipate that most of the TA sessions will be in-person, but we will offer a number of virtual sections for students who are unable to attend in person. There will also be weekly instructor and TA office hours for students to get specific help. Both virtual and in-person students are strongly encouraged to participate in the course real-time, but participation is not required. Recordings of class sessions will be made available for students who cannot attend. Students are encouraged to form groups to work on problem sets, but each student will be required to turn in an individual problem set. Students can choose their own homework groups, but instructors can assist students with finding a group if needed. Students will use the statistical coding software R to complete problem sets. Students who need additional training on statistical coding in R should also register for a Coding Lab which meets once per week for five weeks. Coding lab will offer mostly in-person sections, but there will be a virtual option for students who are unable to attend in person. PPHA 31202 | Advanced Statistics for Data Analysis I Instructor(s): Dan Black Delivery Method: This course will utilize a traditional lecture model. Students will have two 80-minute class sessions each week, led by the instructor. There will be two sections, both offered in a dual-modality format. Students who are unable to attend in person due to visa issues, travel restrictions, or health issues may register for either section. There will also be a required once weekly TA session (PPHA 31204) as well as optional instructor and TA office hours for students to ask individual questions. Both virtual and in-person students are strongly encouraged to participate in the course real-time, but participation is not required. Recordings of class sessions will be made available for students who cannot attend. Students will complete problem sets in assigned groups. Students will need to use both Stata and R to complete problem sets. Students who need additional training on statistical coding R can also register for a Coding Lab which meets once per week for five weeks. Coding lab will offer mostly in-person sections, but there will be a virtual option for students who are unable to attend in person. Coding Lab does not offer instruction in Stata. Microeconomics Sequence You’ll take a two-course sequence in microeconomics, the first course in the autumn quarter and the second course in the winter. You’ll choose between the standard microeconomics courses (PPHA 32300 Principles of Microeconomics and Public Policy I) or the advanced version (PPHA 32310 Advanced Microeconomics for Public Policy I) for students who have more economics experience (generally people who majored or minored in economics at the college level). Students who have already covered the material for the Advanced Microeconomics course can petition to waive that course and take an elective in its place. Occasionally a master’s student may also opt to take the PhD economics sequence instead, pending seat availability and instructor permission. (see PhD program details for information about delivery method for the PhD courses). You can see the syllabi for these courses from 2020-21 on the Harris courses page. The content of these courses will be largely the same, but the delivery methods will be different. Below are the details of the autumn quarter course. The winter quarter modality may differ and will be determined at a later date. PPHA 32300 | Principles of Microeconomics and Public Policy I Instructor(s): Tom Coleman Zarek Brot-Goldberg Navin Kumar Delivery Method: This course will utilize a traditional lecture model. Students will have two 80-minute class sessions each week, led by the instructor. There will be six sections students can choose from, five offered in a dual-modality format for all students, and one fully remote section. Students who are unable to attend in person due to visa/travel restrictions, or health issues may register for any section of Microeconomics I. Each section will be assigned to one of the two instructors, who will lead all of the lectures for that section. There will also be a once weekly TA session (PPHA 32302), which students are strongly encouraged but not required to attend, as well as optional instructor and TA office hours for students to ask individual questions. Students will complete problem sets in assigned groups. Students are expected to attend live lecture sections but recordings of one of the sessions each week will also be posted for review. PPHA 32310 | Advanced Microeconomics for Public Policy I Instructor(s): Steven Durlauf Delivery Method: This course will utilize a traditional lecture model. Students will have two 80-minute class sessions each week, led by the instructor. There will be two sections, both offered in a dual-modality format. Students who are unable to attend in person due to visa issues, travel restrictions, or health issues may register for either section. There will be a once weekly required TA session (PPHA 32312) as well as optional instructor and TA office hours for students to ask individual questions. Students will complete problem sets in assigned groups. Both virtual and in-person students are strongly encouraged to participate in the course real-time, but participation is not required. Recordings of class sessions will be made available for students who cannot attend. Analytical Politics You will take a two-course sequence in analytical politics, the first course of which is in the autumn quarter and the second course of which is in the winter. You can see the syllabi for these courses from 2020-21 on the Harris courses page. The content of these courses will be largely the same, but the delivery methods will be different. Students who believe they have covered the material in this course in prior classes should submit a petition to waive the course no later than August 23. Instructors will review the waiver requests. Those students whom the instructors believe have covered the appropriate material will take an exam on course material – scheduled for September 1, 2021. Students who pass the exam will have the course requirement waived and can take any elective in place of the course. Students can also opt to take the PhD course PPHA 41501 Game Theory in place of Analytical Politics I if space permits by following the PhD course registration process. Below are the details of the autumn quarter course. The winter quarter modality may differ and will be determined at a later date following public health guidance, though there will definitely be virtual options available in the winter quarter. PPHA 30800 | Analytical Politics I Instructors: Ethan Bueno de Mesquita Wioletta Dziuda Alexander Fouirnaies Saba Devdariani Delivery Method: This course will use a “flipped classroom” model. Each week, students will be asked to watch and engage with a pre-recorded lecture produced by Professor Ethan Bueno de Mesquita. These lectures will include a written transcript and will allow students to re-watch material that they are uncertain about as many times as they need. The lectures will also be integrated with exercises that will let students self-assess how well they understand the material and pre-feed questions into the live discussion sections. In addition to the pre-recorded lectures, each student will register for a once weekly 80-minute live class meeting with one of the four instructors. API will have 14 discussion sections in total so that the class size in any section is sufficiently small that there can be substantial interaction and discussion between students and faculty. Twelve of the sections will be in person and two will be fully remote for students who are unable to attend in person due to visa issues, travel restrictions, or health issues. Students are required to attend the live class meetings. Students will also have access to an optional weekly TA session (PPHA 30802), as well as instructor and TA office hours to get additional help. Students have the option to complete problem sets either individually or in groups of no more than four.